Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Friday, July 31, 2015
7/28
Tuesday. Happy Homemaker Day. Whee!
After a shower and a change of clothes, I went to my TOPS meeting, where we were having our Christmas in July party instead of a meeting tonight. We each brought a white elephant gift, and we've been saving little green dollars earned by losing pounds to spend for first chance at these gifts. The winner had 31, so she chose first, then the one who had 27, then another person and I who each had 21, and so on. It was a blast - and we're starting over again to do this for December! Losing weight pays off!! (btw, my gift was a box of granola bars)
We weighed in before the party started, and I was Loser of the Week this week! I lost 2.8 pounds! Yay, me!!
7/29
Wednesday. I had errands to run today.
Once I got up and got going, I got some errands around Bethel done, stopped at Gold Star for my lunch, then went to Amelia for a meeting with other concerned citizens at the USDA offices concerning the ALB. It was a bunch of horseshit as usual - they talk out of both sides of their mouths and contradict themselves over and over - and I left feeling as though my head was spinning. It was very frustrating. I stopped for gasoline (I think I got siphoned, even though I didn't think that was possible. It sure disappeared for me not going anywhere...) and did a couple other little errands while I was in Amelia, too, then headed for home. One last stop at the bank, hitting the ATM, and I was done for the day.
Man, was I beat!
7/30
Thursday. Fair Day!! Josh dropped Corgan off on his way to work this morning, and when I got up, Corgan and I went to the Clermont County Fair. I had a schedule that said there was stuff going on all day long, and our friends' grandchildren were showing rabbits at 1:00, so we figured that we could have a full day over there.
What a crock!
No games were open. Very little food booths were open. Some booths were open, but neither Corgan nor I were interested in buying anything - we wanted to SEE stuff and DO stuff! We walked through and looked at all the animals, then we finally decided to go up on the grandstand and watch the Antique Tractor Pull even though neither one of us gave a rat's ass about it. We figured we could tell Grandpa about the tractors if nothing else.
Yep, it was boring as all get-out. The best thing that could be said was that at least - once we grew brains - we got to sit in the shade. How do people "just love" tractor pulls?? Snore-ville. My friend finally called me and said they were there, over by the rabbits, so we got down and walked over to talk to them. We weren't allowed in to see the rabbits because the kids were being judged on showmanship, but we got to stand under a tree to talk, so we weren't in the blazing sun. They had to go help their grandchildren, so we climbed back up and watched some more snoreville. I scraped my leg crawling the last step up and Corgan bounced around the steps like they were nothing. Kids! He found another kid to talk to and I sat there, in the shade, reading my book.
It got to be 12:30 and we decided to go get some lunch, so we walked to the caboose and got a Pork Tenderloin sandwich (my choice), over a row to get an elephant ear (both of us chose that - besides, the Fair is the only place to get one!), then over to get Corgan a slice of pizza and a drink. At the pizza booth, they didn't have pizza - they had stromboli and breadsticks. Talk about false advertising - it says pizza all over the booth!! Corgan decides to just eat the elephant ear, so we walk all the way back to the back, near the animal barns, to the picnic table pavilion, to sit in the shade and eat our lunch. Our friends call to find out where we are, and I explain, and they get their lunch and come join us. We had a pleasant time together, talking and enjoying the fair food.
FINALLY, at 2:00, the rides opened, so Corgan and I went to ride the rides. I was kinda surprised at how many of them he wanted to ride. I hadn't really intended to ride any, but I ended up riding 2 with him. I rode the Paratroopers and one called Rock Star. No jerking, no problems at all for my back. I didn't dare chance any of the others! He tried to talk me into them, but I resisted.
I was starting to melt, standing around waiting for him to finish riding, and after he climbed the rock wall and rode the Scrambler one last time, we left. It was near 3:30, and I was so ready.
Josh stopped to pick Corgan up on his way home. Ron and Josh changed the brakes on Josh's car, and then Josh and Corgan stayed for supper. Josh and I played Wheel of Fortune on the Wii while we ate supper, and then it was decided that Corgan would go ahead and stay, since he would just be coming back up tomorrow night anyway.
I went to bed early.
7/31
Friday. Another errand day - actually, it's shopping day!
Corgan and I did the few errands I had listed, then we went to lunch at the Mexican place (Don Rigo). Then it was on to WalMart and shopping....we're having Josh and Chelle's birthday dinner tomorrow night, so I had quite a bit of shopping to do so I can just stay home tomorrow and put everything together.
When Ron got home, we played on the Wii. First those two, then I joined in after getting some accounting/bookwork done after having to call Verizon again because the damn pute is playing tricks and won't give me my internet. After another 45 minutes on the phone, I hope to hell that I have this problem fixed once and for all!
After playing on the Wii, I came back to catch up my blog. Ron is sleeping in his recliner, and Corgan is science-ing on the TV. Another normal Friday.
Thank God for normal.
It's still too hot. I still can't handle it. I am a wuss.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Monday, July 27, 2015
What a day!
Monday, July 27, 2015
That damn alarm went off at 6:30 this morning (as planned), and oh, how I hated it. But I managed to get my lazy ass up, dressed, and out the door pretty much on time! Yay, me!
Unfortunately, I forgot my pocket stuff (luckily I remembered while on Hoover Road) and had to turn around and go back home to get it, so now I'm running late....grrrrrr. Oh, well. That's me. Good thing I was leaving early enough to have plenty of time.
I pick my sister up, and we get on over to Clermont Mercy Hospital with time to spare - only about five minutes, but time to spare. I don't know how she managed it, but she got in and out of the radiology department a lot quicker than I expected her to! We were soon on our way back up to Mt. Orab, where we stopped so she could get a blood test done, then it was on to Country Inn so she could get a good cup of coffee - she was so ready! I, of course, was ready to eat by then, even though I thought it would be closer to lunchtime. We both got breakfast, and enjoyed the time talking.
I got back home, then let Laura know I was home and she came over and we played on the Wii for over 3-1/2 hours. Man, do we have fun doing that. It almost doesn't even seem like that evil E word! She eventually had to go home, or we would have played a lot longer...
When Ron texted, I walked out to meet him, too. I think that I worked off that unexpected big breakfast!
It was hot, hot, hot today, too, as well as raining off and on. A kind of strange weather day, but -- it is fair week, right?
That damn alarm went off at 6:30 this morning (as planned), and oh, how I hated it. But I managed to get my lazy ass up, dressed, and out the door pretty much on time! Yay, me!
Unfortunately, I forgot my pocket stuff (luckily I remembered while on Hoover Road) and had to turn around and go back home to get it, so now I'm running late....grrrrrr. Oh, well. That's me. Good thing I was leaving early enough to have plenty of time.
I pick my sister up, and we get on over to Clermont Mercy Hospital with time to spare - only about five minutes, but time to spare. I don't know how she managed it, but she got in and out of the radiology department a lot quicker than I expected her to! We were soon on our way back up to Mt. Orab, where we stopped so she could get a blood test done, then it was on to Country Inn so she could get a good cup of coffee - she was so ready! I, of course, was ready to eat by then, even though I thought it would be closer to lunchtime. We both got breakfast, and enjoyed the time talking.
I got back home, then let Laura know I was home and she came over and we played on the Wii for over 3-1/2 hours. Man, do we have fun doing that. It almost doesn't even seem like that evil E word! She eventually had to go home, or we would have played a lot longer...
When Ron texted, I walked out to meet him, too. I think that I worked off that unexpected big breakfast!
It was hot, hot, hot today, too, as well as raining off and on. A kind of strange weather day, but -- it is fair week, right?
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Weekend!
Friday, July 24, 2015
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Weekend!! I sure don't have to worry about BORING on the weekend...
7/24
Friday - shopping day! Ron wanted me to go shopping today, so he wouldn't have to go with me on Saturday. He had too much to do at home, what with mowing, weedeating, and all that, as well as dealing with "Grandpa!" "Grandpa!" "Grandpa!" every few minutes, even though he gives Corgan his own tasks. (poor guy, right?) Excuses, excuses - but that's okay, it seems I get more done easier without the guys breathing down my neck, even though I like their company.
So, I got up after doing my tableting and reading, got a shower and got dressed and headed off down the road. I had plenty of stops to make:
1) Bank
2) Walgreen's
3) Kroger
4) Lunch at Don Rigo (the Mexican restaurant in the Kroger plaza)
5) Gasoline at WalMart
6) WalMart
and I decided not to go to the Post Office or the other bank!! I figured that what I was doing was enough running.
I left home around quarter til 2, and got home close to 5:30, and I was totally exhausted. I'm not sure if it was the 90+ degree weather, or I'm just too damn old. Probably a good combination of both.
I dozed off in the recliner waiting for the guys to get here, waking when Corgan called to let me know they were on their way, and dozing back off again until they got here. Then our Friday evening fun started. It wasn't too very bad - the guys did some of the yard work tonight (Ron said "since it was cooler" hahahahahahahahha) and didn't even come in until after 8:30 - so the TV didn't come on until after that.
I had started a pot of garden green beans to have for supper tomorrow (Saturday) night, and I turned them off around 9:00.
Two or three hours of TV, and then I went to bed. I just couldn't stand it any more. Most stupid science shows, indeed....
7/25
Happy, happy birthday to my daughter-in-law Chelle!!
My Saturday started a lot earlier than I wanted it to, with my son texting me, asking me what was the plan for today a little after 10 in the morning. I had to bite my tongue so hard to not say "sleep" but I was a good girl, and told him a decent answer. Then I had to go talk to Ron and find out the real answer. I let Josh know, then we started our day according to said plans.
Ron and Corgan started in on finishing the yard work while I languished in bed for a little while, then I got up, did my weigh-in (my first one for this go-round, so I lost more weight than usual - 4.4 pounds), turned the green beans back on, then got ready to go over to Felicity to buy some 5/$20. meat. To my surprise, Corgan decided to come with me! Maybe Grandpa was working him too hard...
After getting back from the store, I peeled potatoes to add to the beans. I also added ham, but I forgot to add onions - why do I do that? I knew I wanted to, and I had an onion laying on the kitchen table so I wouldn't forget!
We had told Josh that we'd come down around 3:00, but we had also promised Corgan that we'd go swimming at East Fork Lake, so now our time is running out. We talked it over, and then texted Josh that it would be closer to 4:00 before we get down there, and I got things ready to go swimming while the guys closed down the outside. So we went swimming for a couple of hours, came home for Ron and I to take showers (Corgan said he'd take one at home), and off we went again, this time down to Josh's.
Corgan and I played on the Wii while Ron and Josh went under his house to work on the pipes, which didn't take them very long at all. Ron wanted to do more, but Josh was satisfied with the little bit that was done. They came back up, showered (yeah, Ron's a clean guy!), and we ate supper. Meatloaf, green beans, and applesauce. It was very good.
Before supper, Josh played a game of bowling on the Wii with us, then Jean joined us for a game, too. We decided to play Wheel of Fortune during supper, since it isn't very energetic and we could concentrate. Corgan wasn't happy, because he can't play (yet), but he got to hang with Grandpa, so he was okay after a little bit. So it was a good, quiet, happy family evening.
7/26
Sunday. Church and lunch.
Yep. Ron did surprise me, though. When we pulled into the Barn to go to lunch, he asked me, "Do you really want to go here?" I asked him, "Well, where else?" and he said, "Well, there's the Mexican place."
I swear, my lower jaw hit the ground! Ron does not like Mexican, and he's the one who says this??? NO WAY!! As we're having this conversation, about 12-15 motorcycles start pulling in. It seems they're just coming and coming. We just look at each other, and then we both nod and say, "OK. The Mexican place." It was kinda funny!
So that's where we ended up going - the Mexican place in the Kroger plaza. (it's named Don Rigo) He tried the lunch combo, getting two chimichangas - one beef, one chicken - while I got my normal lunch combo of two chicken chimichangas. I get mine deluxe, getting a "salad" on the side, but he didn't get that, since he eats the refried beans and the rice. He also gets mine, so he got a plenty big-enough meal.
We got back home. He went fishing after sitting around for a bit, and I just sat in my recliner tableting and reading. After he got home, the TV came on, and that was the night.
I made him a ham and egg sandwich (two breads) for his supper, and I had a ham and cheese sandwich (one bread) for mine.
Dead guys the rest of the night, and I am caught up!
I am taking my sister for an ultrasound of her gallbladder in the morning. I HAVE to get up and leave here by 7:00. Ugh, ugh, and more good ugh. Tis okay - I'll survive.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Weekend!! I sure don't have to worry about BORING on the weekend...
7/24
Friday - shopping day! Ron wanted me to go shopping today, so he wouldn't have to go with me on Saturday. He had too much to do at home, what with mowing, weedeating, and all that, as well as dealing with "Grandpa!" "Grandpa!" "Grandpa!" every few minutes, even though he gives Corgan his own tasks. (poor guy, right?) Excuses, excuses - but that's okay, it seems I get more done easier without the guys breathing down my neck, even though I like their company.
So, I got up after doing my tableting and reading, got a shower and got dressed and headed off down the road. I had plenty of stops to make:
1) Bank
2) Walgreen's
3) Kroger
4) Lunch at Don Rigo (the Mexican restaurant in the Kroger plaza)
5) Gasoline at WalMart
6) WalMart
and I decided not to go to the Post Office or the other bank!! I figured that what I was doing was enough running.
I left home around quarter til 2, and got home close to 5:30, and I was totally exhausted. I'm not sure if it was the 90+ degree weather, or I'm just too damn old. Probably a good combination of both.
I dozed off in the recliner waiting for the guys to get here, waking when Corgan called to let me know they were on their way, and dozing back off again until they got here. Then our Friday evening fun started. It wasn't too very bad - the guys did some of the yard work tonight (Ron said "since it was cooler" hahahahahahahahha) and didn't even come in until after 8:30 - so the TV didn't come on until after that.
I had started a pot of garden green beans to have for supper tomorrow (Saturday) night, and I turned them off around 9:00.
Two or three hours of TV, and then I went to bed. I just couldn't stand it any more. Most stupid science shows, indeed....
7/25
Happy, happy birthday to my daughter-in-law Chelle!!
My Saturday started a lot earlier than I wanted it to, with my son texting me, asking me what was the plan for today a little after 10 in the morning. I had to bite my tongue so hard to not say "sleep" but I was a good girl, and told him a decent answer. Then I had to go talk to Ron and find out the real answer. I let Josh know, then we started our day according to said plans.
Ron and Corgan started in on finishing the yard work while I languished in bed for a little while, then I got up, did my weigh-in (my first one for this go-round, so I lost more weight than usual - 4.4 pounds), turned the green beans back on, then got ready to go over to Felicity to buy some 5/$20. meat. To my surprise, Corgan decided to come with me! Maybe Grandpa was working him too hard...
After getting back from the store, I peeled potatoes to add to the beans. I also added ham, but I forgot to add onions - why do I do that? I knew I wanted to, and I had an onion laying on the kitchen table so I wouldn't forget!
We had told Josh that we'd come down around 3:00, but we had also promised Corgan that we'd go swimming at East Fork Lake, so now our time is running out. We talked it over, and then texted Josh that it would be closer to 4:00 before we get down there, and I got things ready to go swimming while the guys closed down the outside. So we went swimming for a couple of hours, came home for Ron and I to take showers (Corgan said he'd take one at home), and off we went again, this time down to Josh's.
Corgan and I played on the Wii while Ron and Josh went under his house to work on the pipes, which didn't take them very long at all. Ron wanted to do more, but Josh was satisfied with the little bit that was done. They came back up, showered (yeah, Ron's a clean guy!), and we ate supper. Meatloaf, green beans, and applesauce. It was very good.
Before supper, Josh played a game of bowling on the Wii with us, then Jean joined us for a game, too. We decided to play Wheel of Fortune during supper, since it isn't very energetic and we could concentrate. Corgan wasn't happy, because he can't play (yet), but he got to hang with Grandpa, so he was okay after a little bit. So it was a good, quiet, happy family evening.
7/26
Sunday. Church and lunch.
Yep. Ron did surprise me, though. When we pulled into the Barn to go to lunch, he asked me, "Do you really want to go here?" I asked him, "Well, where else?" and he said, "Well, there's the Mexican place."
I swear, my lower jaw hit the ground! Ron does not like Mexican, and he's the one who says this??? NO WAY!! As we're having this conversation, about 12-15 motorcycles start pulling in. It seems they're just coming and coming. We just look at each other, and then we both nod and say, "OK. The Mexican place." It was kinda funny!
So that's where we ended up going - the Mexican place in the Kroger plaza. (it's named Don Rigo) He tried the lunch combo, getting two chimichangas - one beef, one chicken - while I got my normal lunch combo of two chicken chimichangas. I get mine deluxe, getting a "salad" on the side, but he didn't get that, since he eats the refried beans and the rice. He also gets mine, so he got a plenty big-enough meal.
We got back home. He went fishing after sitting around for a bit, and I just sat in my recliner tableting and reading. After he got home, the TV came on, and that was the night.
I made him a ham and egg sandwich (two breads) for his supper, and I had a ham and cheese sandwich (one bread) for mine.
Dead guys the rest of the night, and I am caught up!
I am taking my sister for an ultrasound of her gallbladder in the morning. I HAVE to get up and leave here by 7:00. Ugh, ugh, and more good ugh. Tis okay - I'll survive.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Blahblahblah blah blah
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Well, if this wasn't a couple of boring-ass days, I don't know what could be.
Wednesday - I got up after reading and tableting, did my standing-up exercises. I did throw a load of regular clothes into the washer, and then into the dryer, so I did accomplish some Happy Homemaker crap. I then plopped into my recliner until Ron got home, choosing not to walk out to meet him because I didn't want to get dressed.
He and I then played Wii games for a couple of hours, eating supper while doing so. I had made small steaks on the griddle and boiled up some corn on the cob that we were given. It was a yummy supper!
I then watched dead guys the rest of the night, while Ron took his normal evening nap, albeit an hour or two later than usual.
Thursday - pretty much a copy of Wednesday, but I didn't do any Happy Homemaker crap. None. Didn't do any dishes, which I could have. Didn't do any laundry, which I could have. Didn't put away any laundry, which I could have.
Matter of fact, I didn't even get out of bed until almost 3:00 - I just laid there, reading and tableting, tableting and reading - and finally made myself get up. I could have very easily stayed there, but I didn't. Once up, I wandered around the house, deciding not to do stuff, then finally did my exercises - all of them - and then walked out to meet Ron when he texted, which was pretty much not long after I got dressed after the exercises were done.
After that, we just watched TV - dead guys after his news (weather) was over, and that was that. He had one of his frozen Chinese things for supper, and I had chicken salad and puffcorn. I actually had two sandwiches instead of just eating it out of the can this time, too, since I had only had a package of Nutty Bars for my lunch and I was hungry and figured that I needed some calories.
Shopping tomorrow, so I won't make the poor guys do it on Saturday. Oh, well, I'll enjoy the time out of the house!
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Well, if this wasn't a couple of boring-ass days, I don't know what could be.
Wednesday - I got up after reading and tableting, did my standing-up exercises. I did throw a load of regular clothes into the washer, and then into the dryer, so I did accomplish some Happy Homemaker crap. I then plopped into my recliner until Ron got home, choosing not to walk out to meet him because I didn't want to get dressed.
He and I then played Wii games for a couple of hours, eating supper while doing so. I had made small steaks on the griddle and boiled up some corn on the cob that we were given. It was a yummy supper!
I then watched dead guys the rest of the night, while Ron took his normal evening nap, albeit an hour or two later than usual.
Thursday - pretty much a copy of Wednesday, but I didn't do any Happy Homemaker crap. None. Didn't do any dishes, which I could have. Didn't do any laundry, which I could have. Didn't put away any laundry, which I could have.
Matter of fact, I didn't even get out of bed until almost 3:00 - I just laid there, reading and tableting, tableting and reading - and finally made myself get up. I could have very easily stayed there, but I didn't. Once up, I wandered around the house, deciding not to do stuff, then finally did my exercises - all of them - and then walked out to meet Ron when he texted, which was pretty much not long after I got dressed after the exercises were done.
After that, we just watched TV - dead guys after his news (weather) was over, and that was that. He had one of his frozen Chinese things for supper, and I had chicken salad and puffcorn. I actually had two sandwiches instead of just eating it out of the can this time, too, since I had only had a package of Nutty Bars for my lunch and I was hungry and figured that I needed some calories.
Shopping tomorrow, so I won't make the poor guys do it on Saturday. Oh, well, I'll enjoy the time out of the house!
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
A not-so-great news day
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
The day started off early, with the alarm going off before 9:00. I had to get up to make phone calls before taking a shower before leaving to go to the doctor. Ugh!
I did get the phone call(s) made, and got all that stuff settled - which is great fun, you know - then got my shower and took off for my doctor appointment.
My HbA1c was 7.6 this time. It has gone up since last time, but that's not really a surprise, since I've not really been all that vigilant on watching what goes into my mouth. I certainly haven't been making myself do my exercises, either, and I come up with plenty of reasons (most of them rain) not to walk out to meet Ron, too. I have been having way too many blah days, and I talked to Doc about them today, too. He said that I am on the verge of sliding into depression, if I don't make myself do things, like I did yesterday. He said making myself do those exercises yesterday was a good thing. But -- I REFUSE, absolutely refuse, to be depressed, so now as well as the family Biggest Loser contest for Christmas and the regular Biggest Loser contest for the next twelve weeks, I now have another goal!! Goals are good!! The only bad thing is that I gotta start really incorporating that damn evil E word into my life....UGH.
I have a plan, and I have a goal. Now I just have to DO this. I can do it - I just don't wanna. But I will. I will.
After my appointment, I went to Crackhead Barrel for some lunch. I really should quit doing this on Tuesdays, but I don't get over to Milford very often and must take advantage of it! I had chicken-n-dumplings with hashbrown casserole and green beans. I refused the bread (biscuits or cornbread), but I did try the strawberry iced tea. It was waaaay too sweet for me, and I got refills of regular iced tea. Did you know CB already has Halloween and Thanksgiving displays up? And here I thought back-to-school was kinda early!
I got back home and walked around my swampy yard taking pictures of my plants and flowers, including our SEVEN (!!) tomatoes, which I then went into the house and played on the pute with.
I was getting Ron's supper ready and sliced the end of my thumb with one of those damn Ginsu knives - boy, do those things like human flesh and blood!! I immediately grabbed a paper towel and applied pressure, then went and got band-aids (four of 'em!) wrapped around the wound - which was real fun, one-handed - and finished cutting up his cabbage.
I was sitting in my recliner, waiting for time to leave for my TOPS meeting, and suddenly - BOOM - I was having a sugar low. Just like that. I guess the stress of the cut thumb was too much. So, right before my meeting and weigh-in, I had to eat. I grabbed a package of Nutty Bars off the kitchen table and ate those. Needless to say, between lunch and that snack, when I weighed in, I showed a gain of 4.6 pounds. Hopefully, though, next week, I will show a huge loss!
When I got home, Mr. Lazybones (yeah, right) Ron had not cooked supper. He had fallen asleep. So we got his cabbage and my bacon into the oven, and we finally ate supper around 8:30-8:45. It was good, but eating that late isn't good.
Dead guys on TV the rest of night, and now my bed is calling me.
No plans for tomorrow or the rest of the week. WhooHoo.
The day started off early, with the alarm going off before 9:00. I had to get up to make phone calls before taking a shower before leaving to go to the doctor. Ugh!
I did get the phone call(s) made, and got all that stuff settled - which is great fun, you know - then got my shower and took off for my doctor appointment.
My HbA1c was 7.6 this time. It has gone up since last time, but that's not really a surprise, since I've not really been all that vigilant on watching what goes into my mouth. I certainly haven't been making myself do my exercises, either, and I come up with plenty of reasons (most of them rain) not to walk out to meet Ron, too. I have been having way too many blah days, and I talked to Doc about them today, too. He said that I am on the verge of sliding into depression, if I don't make myself do things, like I did yesterday. He said making myself do those exercises yesterday was a good thing. But -- I REFUSE, absolutely refuse, to be depressed, so now as well as the family Biggest Loser contest for Christmas and the regular Biggest Loser contest for the next twelve weeks, I now have another goal!! Goals are good!! The only bad thing is that I gotta start really incorporating that damn evil E word into my life....UGH.
I have a plan, and I have a goal. Now I just have to DO this. I can do it - I just don't wanna. But I will. I will.
After my appointment, I went to Crackhead Barrel for some lunch. I really should quit doing this on Tuesdays, but I don't get over to Milford very often and must take advantage of it! I had chicken-n-dumplings with hashbrown casserole and green beans. I refused the bread (biscuits or cornbread), but I did try the strawberry iced tea. It was waaaay too sweet for me, and I got refills of regular iced tea. Did you know CB already has Halloween and Thanksgiving displays up? And here I thought back-to-school was kinda early!
I got back home and walked around my swampy yard taking pictures of my plants and flowers, including our SEVEN (!!) tomatoes, which I then went into the house and played on the pute with.
I was getting Ron's supper ready and sliced the end of my thumb with one of those damn Ginsu knives - boy, do those things like human flesh and blood!! I immediately grabbed a paper towel and applied pressure, then went and got band-aids (four of 'em!) wrapped around the wound - which was real fun, one-handed - and finished cutting up his cabbage.
I was sitting in my recliner, waiting for time to leave for my TOPS meeting, and suddenly - BOOM - I was having a sugar low. Just like that. I guess the stress of the cut thumb was too much. So, right before my meeting and weigh-in, I had to eat. I grabbed a package of Nutty Bars off the kitchen table and ate those. Needless to say, between lunch and that snack, when I weighed in, I showed a gain of 4.6 pounds. Hopefully, though, next week, I will show a huge loss!
When I got home, Mr. Lazybones (yeah, right) Ron had not cooked supper. He had fallen asleep. So we got his cabbage and my bacon into the oven, and we finally ate supper around 8:30-8:45. It was good, but eating that late isn't good.
Dead guys on TV the rest of night, and now my bed is calling me.
No plans for tomorrow or the rest of the week. WhooHoo.
Monday, July 20, 2015
A war to do anything today...
Monday, July 20, 2015
Today, it really was a war against myself to do anything. I didn't feel so good today - I didn't feel bad, I just didn't feel good. I didn't feel like moving, I didn't feel like doing a darn thing, and I didn't do too very much.
I have been having trouble sleeping, so since I had no reason to get up this morning, I took sleeping pills (ibuprofen PM) last night. I was still awake until after 1:00, and then finally turned off the light. As a result of that, I slept until noon today! After waking, I laid in bed and did my usual reading and tableting for a while, then got up.
I made myself do my PT exercises - I had convinced myself that I must start doing them again, and thought maybe that doing them would light a fire under myself - and then started doing the dishes sitting there from the weekend. I took lots of breaks while the next batch of dishes were soaking, but I eventually got them all done.
Ron got home before I finished - the last pans were still soaking - but, by God, I did get them finished! We decided on cheese weenies for supper, so after he took his shower, we started in on dirtying on more dishes. Blah.
An evening of watching dead guys on TV followed, but - you know what?? I don't think it rained today! Hip, hip, hooray!
Doctor appointment tomorrow - just what I need, lunch out before my TOPS meeting. Whew.
Today, it really was a war against myself to do anything. I didn't feel so good today - I didn't feel bad, I just didn't feel good. I didn't feel like moving, I didn't feel like doing a darn thing, and I didn't do too very much.
I have been having trouble sleeping, so since I had no reason to get up this morning, I took sleeping pills (ibuprofen PM) last night. I was still awake until after 1:00, and then finally turned off the light. As a result of that, I slept until noon today! After waking, I laid in bed and did my usual reading and tableting for a while, then got up.
I made myself do my PT exercises - I had convinced myself that I must start doing them again, and thought maybe that doing them would light a fire under myself - and then started doing the dishes sitting there from the weekend. I took lots of breaks while the next batch of dishes were soaking, but I eventually got them all done.
Ron got home before I finished - the last pans were still soaking - but, by God, I did get them finished! We decided on cheese weenies for supper, so after he took his shower, we started in on dirtying on more dishes. Blah.
An evening of watching dead guys on TV followed, but - you know what?? I don't think it rained today! Hip, hip, hooray!
Doctor appointment tomorrow - just what I need, lunch out before my TOPS meeting. Whew.
Sunday, July 19, 2015
I'm baa - aaack -- again.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 -
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Well, let's try this again.
I'm baaa-aack!
Let's hope the pute trouble, the thunderstorms and tornado watches and warnings, the electric going out - and staying out for hours - and all that kind of crap that has been happening to make me pull my hair out by the handfuls is over. Let's all hope. For my sanity.
Yes, we had rain, rain, and more good rain all this week. I sincerely think that it has, in some capacity, rained every single day since the 4th of July. Maybe only a small shower at night, but usually a thunderstorm and then some, and it just keeps on coming. So much that the ark jokes have started...
The week passed with little happening, and on Saturday morning I did my final weigh-in for this go-round in my Biggest Loser contest. Blah. I really did go the wrong way! I gained weight, and even though I lost inches on my arms and thighs, the inches I gained on my waist and hips more than balanced that out. Phooey!! No money in my pocket this time around.
I decided to do it one more time. 12 weeks from now will be October, so it will end before any of the holidays, and I CAN DO THIS!! I have motivation now (ye gods, I can only do better, right?), and I most definitely want to be "better" than what I am now for, or at, the end of the year.
I have a goal. I have motivation. I have determination. All those were missing before, so.....here goes.
Today, Sunday, was supposed to be a 'normal' Sunday. Church and lunch, then home for 'normal' stuff. Ron and I went to Georgetown to lunch, and as we got close, we came up to Road Closed signs. Right on 125, the main artery between Georgetown and the world. What?? It seems that all the rain (storms overnight - surprise) has caused the road -- the road -- to buckle and is unpassable. Water going down the hill had even washed cars and firefighters down the hill...ai yi yi!...
We eventually got to Georgetown by going around the way Ron usually goes to work. Back roads that way were also closed because of high water - and we could still see water standing there - and we could also see how high the water had gotten.
After we ate, we were on our way home, and I got a phone call. Did we want some garden green beans? Oh, yeah, we do! So we went to our friends house to pick these up and ended up staying there for a while, talking and then played a game of dominoes. We finally got home a little after 5:00!!
I checked my Facebook and found all kinds of information about 125 in Georgetown, and also about a family that got washed away in a flash flood outside of Ripley. So sad.
Bert called and asked me to come over to pick up some green beans and tomatoes that she had for me and she didn't want them to get wet (they were sitting on her picnic table) and she didn't want to have to put them away and get them back out tomorrow (animals, you know). So, around quarter til 8, I left to go get them. I had to put gas in Ron's truck, so I had to go the long way - up through Bethel - and we got them loaded just as it started raining. I took off, and then the radio played a weather alert. A TORNADO WARNING!!! Clermont County, starting with Amelia and coming down 125 toward Bethel, but also spreading out over toward Felicity. Wonderful. I did this before, you know, and this is not fun. I drive as fast as I can and get home, get our shelter and shelter gear together, then went back outside and took pictures of those funky clouds.
It finally blew over, and all was good. We did not lose power this time - yay! - and all our friends are accounted for, also. All is good in our little world.
Maybe tomorrow will be back to "normal." Define "normal."
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Well, let's try this again.
I'm baaa-aack!
Let's hope the pute trouble, the thunderstorms and tornado watches and warnings, the electric going out - and staying out for hours - and all that kind of crap that has been happening to make me pull my hair out by the handfuls is over. Let's all hope. For my sanity.
Yes, we had rain, rain, and more good rain all this week. I sincerely think that it has, in some capacity, rained every single day since the 4th of July. Maybe only a small shower at night, but usually a thunderstorm and then some, and it just keeps on coming. So much that the ark jokes have started...
The week passed with little happening, and on Saturday morning I did my final weigh-in for this go-round in my Biggest Loser contest. Blah. I really did go the wrong way! I gained weight, and even though I lost inches on my arms and thighs, the inches I gained on my waist and hips more than balanced that out. Phooey!! No money in my pocket this time around.
I decided to do it one more time. 12 weeks from now will be October, so it will end before any of the holidays, and I CAN DO THIS!! I have motivation now (ye gods, I can only do better, right?), and I most definitely want to be "better" than what I am now for, or at, the end of the year.
I have a goal. I have motivation. I have determination. All those were missing before, so.....here goes.
Today, Sunday, was supposed to be a 'normal' Sunday. Church and lunch, then home for 'normal' stuff. Ron and I went to Georgetown to lunch, and as we got close, we came up to Road Closed signs. Right on 125, the main artery between Georgetown and the world. What?? It seems that all the rain (storms overnight - surprise) has caused the road -- the road -- to buckle and is unpassable. Water going down the hill had even washed cars and firefighters down the hill...ai yi yi!...
We eventually got to Georgetown by going around the way Ron usually goes to work. Back roads that way were also closed because of high water - and we could still see water standing there - and we could also see how high the water had gotten.
After we ate, we were on our way home, and I got a phone call. Did we want some garden green beans? Oh, yeah, we do! So we went to our friends house to pick these up and ended up staying there for a while, talking and then played a game of dominoes. We finally got home a little after 5:00!!
I checked my Facebook and found all kinds of information about 125 in Georgetown, and also about a family that got washed away in a flash flood outside of Ripley. So sad.
Bert called and asked me to come over to pick up some green beans and tomatoes that she had for me and she didn't want them to get wet (they were sitting on her picnic table) and she didn't want to have to put them away and get them back out tomorrow (animals, you know). So, around quarter til 8, I left to go get them. I had to put gas in Ron's truck, so I had to go the long way - up through Bethel - and we got them loaded just as it started raining. I took off, and then the radio played a weather alert. A TORNADO WARNING!!! Clermont County, starting with Amelia and coming down 125 toward Bethel, but also spreading out over toward Felicity. Wonderful. I did this before, you know, and this is not fun. I drive as fast as I can and get home, get our shelter and shelter gear together, then went back outside and took pictures of those funky clouds.
It finally blew over, and all was good. We did not lose power this time - yay! - and all our friends are accounted for, also. All is good in our little world.
Maybe tomorrow will be back to "normal." Define "normal."
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
I'm baaa-aaaaack!
June 29, 2015 - July 14, 2015
I. AM. BACK.
Hip, Hip, Hooray!!
I have gone through Hell not having internet at home these last two weeks, and I hope if it ever happens to you, that you can get your problem fixed a heckuva lot faster than I got this fixed!
But, by golly, I got the problem fixed!
Not much has been happening in my life that is out of the ordinary, boring, normal day-to-day life that I usually write about, but let's see what I can remember to tell you.
Hmmm - end of June? Nothing. We didn't have a TOPS meeting on the 30th because Bethel had no electricity. Beginning of July? Nothing much, except 4th of July! Oh, what a day that was.
I started it off by weighing in. I lost 1.8 pounds according to the Wii, which was good, I thought. (I later found out that I was the Biggest Loser this week!! Yay, me!!) I now have hope for the last two weeks of this go-round!
Then Ron, Corgan, and I spent the day getting the house, food, and yard ready for the evening - we had people coming over for a cookout and entertainment, starting around 6:00. I wanted everything done by 3:00 so that we'd have time to chill, then shower and change into our glad rags and not look all stressed out. We were done by 2:00, which was a good thing. The party got started, and we had a wonderful time!
Bert spent the night, and had just gotten up when Ron and I got home after church and lunch. Josh and all came back to have leftovers for supper that night, and we all played games, and Bert ended up spending the night again. The next morning, she and I went over to FeedMill in Felicity for lunch, then she went home. What a great time with a great friend!
The rest of July has been spent going uptown to the library every so often to get on the pute and check my email and Facebook, but MAN is that a pain in the ass.
My July 7th weigh-in at TOPS? I lost weight! Only .4 of a pound, but I'll take it!!
Chelle and I (with a little input from Josh and Jean) decided that we needed to do our own Biggest Loser contest for Christmas, since we were all getting crazy fat (haha - not my words) again. So, on Sunday, July 12th, we went down to Josh's when we took Corgan home after having him all weekend, since that's where we'll be come Christmas. We each weighed in on their Wii (which weighs us different than our Wii), and then Chelle fixed us a nice supper of fish fillets and french fries. Yeah - good start, right? I thought it wouldn't be so bad since I had weighed myself that morning and I had lost another .7 of a pound according to my Wii. Boy, was I wrong!! Ai, yi, yi!!
I have some work to do.
I didn't go to my TOPS meeting tonight - it was thunderstorming again this afternoon and the electric went out again and this Mifi thingie and I have a headache from hell anyway. Ugh.
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